The Beautiful Firetail has an olive-brown body, a white-barred breast, and a red bill and rump. It searches the ground for seeds and lives in pairs.
Its olive-brown body has a white-barred breast. A black facial mask, pale blue eye-ring, red bill, and crimson rump stand out.
It walks on the ground in pairs to search for grass seeds and other seeds. It uses shrubby places near water and builds a bottle-shaped nest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.